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brown: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor to share some letters that i have received about the importance of freezing the 3.4% stafford subsidized college loan program. it's important because there are 300,000 students in my state alone in ohio, some 380,000, to be more precise, who are in the stafford subsidized loan program and many of them will see as they continue their college education, whether it's at sinclair community college in dayton or youngstown state or hyram college, where their -- their costs are continuing to go up. we know the average ohio college graduate has about $27,000 -- four-year college graduate has $27,000 in student loans. that's much higher than people had a decade ago or 20 years ago or 30 years ago when -- sort of when my generation was in college. the federally subsidized student loans have been a reliable answer for so many in
brown: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. so ordered. mr. brown: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor to share some letters that i have received about the importance of freezing the 3.4% stafford subsidized college loan program. it's important because there are 300,000 students in my state alone in ohio, some 380,000, to be more precise, who are in the stafford subsidized loan program and many...
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brown: wow. that was interesting. i remember the senator was speaking before me before we left she was praising the republicans for working with her, one republican specifically, about how appreciative she was about working together and taking the time in a bipartisan manner to work forward on a very important piece of legislation that she was spearheading and we worked for. we didn't filibuster that. we didn't filibuster the postal bill, we didn't filibuster the violence against women, the crowdfunding or the insider trading bill but all of a sudden we're filibustering now. bottom line, we wants an opportunity to have an alternative proposal and have a full and fair debate and i think the american people are smart. i know the smerp are -- american people are smarter than that. and i stand before you today to just reference that most students and parents know that in july the fixed interest rates on subsidized government student loans are set to double. that was very eloquently pointed out just now. but let's be clear
brown: wow. that was interesting. i remember the senator was speaking before me before we left she was praising the republicans for working with her, one republican specifically, about how appreciative she was about working together and taking the time in a bipartisan manner to work forward on a very important piece of legislation that she was spearheading and we worked for. we didn't filibuster that. we didn't filibuster the postal bill, we didn't filibuster the violence against women, the...
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May 24, 2012
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me, also senators shaheen and klobuchar and merkley and sanders and the presiding officer, senator brown. this amendment addresses the very same issue that the senator from maine was talking about, and that is how do we bring down the price of prescription drugs? thousand do we get competition -- how do we get competition into the market for prescription drugs? we have a circumstance today which, an anticompetitive, anticonsumer practice is engaged in, and our amendment will change the law so that that practice can no longer be engaged in. now the practice i'm talking about is the entering into so-called pay for delay settlements between brand name drugs, brand-name pharmaceutical companies and generic manufacturers that have the effect, these pay-for-delay settlements have the effect of delaying timely access to generic drugs. these agreements between these companies shield billions of dollars in sales each year from effective competition. the pharmaceutical companies benefit from this lack of competition, and they do so at the expense of consumers. they do so at the expense of the fede
me, also senators shaheen and klobuchar and merkley and sanders and the presiding officer, senator brown. this amendment addresses the very same issue that the senator from maine was talking about, and that is how do we bring down the price of prescription drugs? thousand do we get competition -- how do we get competition into the market for prescription drugs? we have a circumstance today which, an anticompetitive, anticonsumer practice is engaged in, and our amendment will change the law so...
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myself and senator snowe, senator pryor, senator lieberman, senator enzi, senator kerry, senator brown, cantwell, ayotte, cardin and hagan; a very good representation of our small business committee and others, mr. president, that filed a resolution this week, again, and we've done so every year since 1953. we've done so every year since 1953, to recognize this week, or one week in the year as small business week. and so that's what our resolution which was filed earlier today does. and i hope that leaders mcconnell and reid will take this up and pass it, so that we can honor the 28 million small businesses that exist today in america. we've been doing everything we can, and i'm very proud as the chairman of the small business committee that we've worked in a bipartisan fashion for the most part, trying to give our businesses, first of all, the recognition that nine out of ten new jobs created are being created by a small number of small businesses that are fast growing. they are the net new job creators. these are the businesses that are going to be putting this recession behind us. t
myself and senator snowe, senator pryor, senator lieberman, senator enzi, senator kerry, senator brown, cantwell, ayotte, cardin and hagan; a very good representation of our small business committee and others, mr. president, that filed a resolution this week, again, and we've done so every year since 1953. we've done so every year since 1953, to recognize this week, or one week in the year as small business week. and so that's what our resolution which was filed earlier today does. and i...
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and do things like governor bentley in alabama is doing, governor christie has had to do, governor brown is now facing in california -- they have let that state go so far out of control, it's going to be difficult to bring it back. but they have to make tough choices. so if we do that, i believe we will get some positive impact on the economy just from the confidence that restores. senator conrad, i see senator lieberman's here. i would be willing to yield back if you're ready to use some time now. mr. conrad: i would like to say to my colleague we have 17 minutes left on this side. we have four senators left to speak. you've got, i think, probably 54, 53 minutes left, something like that. senator lieberman, if you could take about four minutes, if that would work for you. mr. lieberman: i was hoping for four and a quarter minutes. mr. sessions: i yield 4 minutes to the senator from our side. mr. lieberman: thank you. mr. sessions: a flat 8 -- mr. lieberman: pardon? mr. sessions: you'd have a flat 8 minutes. mr. lieberman: that's very generous of my friend. i thank the senator from north
and do things like governor bentley in alabama is doing, governor christie has had to do, governor brown is now facing in california -- they have let that state go so far out of control, it's going to be difficult to bring it back. but they have to make tough choices. so if we do that, i believe we will get some positive impact on the economy just from the confidence that restores. senator conrad, i see senator lieberman's here. i would be willing to yield back if you're ready to use some time...
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i've been to berkeley california and i've been to brown and to georgetown, yale to defend israel and i do it from the left in part because one of the things i want to give credit to as the netanyahu government. the right republican party, whether the history of the united states three government leaders have said pro-things from the house of representatives. bill clinton, barack obama and benjamin netanyahu made a very strong pro-gay statement. is one of the few times when the republicans did not stand up to applaud him. but the fact is that if your position is that you're just going to defend whatever the israeli government does, then your credibility as a worldwide defender of israel is weekend. i do not think it is possible and the administration hasn't is hasn't done it to say it's israel's responsibility to get piece. what israel needs to do is make it clear that if there is not a genuine two-state solution with real security for israel it is not israel's fault and there are political pressures and here's the deal. there a clearly political pressures within that democracy of isr
i've been to berkeley california and i've been to brown and to georgetown, yale to defend israel and i do it from the left in part because one of the things i want to give credit to as the netanyahu government. the right republican party, whether the history of the united states three government leaders have said pro-things from the house of representatives. bill clinton, barack obama and benjamin netanyahu made a very strong pro-gay statement. is one of the few times when the republicans did...
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i want to thank in particular my colleague senator brown from massachusetts and senator toomey from pennsylvania who have spoken on this issue and understand completely the devastation that this tax will create for patients and for employers that provide good jobs for communities in their states. thanks to obamacare, medical devices will get hit with a $28 billion tax. and so we are clear about what these medical devices are. they include surgical tools, bed pans, wheelchairs, stethoscopes and countless other projects that patients and doctors rely on every day. surgical masks, gloves, blood pressure monitors, scissors, needles, lights, stents, pacemakers, scales, scalpels, ankle, knee and hip braces and a lot more. the cost of all these products is going up, thanks to this tax. somebody is going to have to pay for it, and that somebody is the already overburdened american taxpayer and middle-class breadwinner. the president and his supporters seem to think you can simply tax corporations and individuals with impunity and face no adverse economic consequences. yet, economists understand that whe
i want to thank in particular my colleague senator brown from massachusetts and senator toomey from pennsylvania who have spoken on this issue and understand completely the devastation that this tax will create for patients and for employers that provide good jobs for communities in their states. thanks to obamacare, medical devices will get hit with a $28 billion tax. and so we are clear about what these medical devices are. they include surgical tools, bed pans, wheelchairs, stethoscopes and...
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brown: thank you, madam president. i want to join senator reed of rhode island who just spoke very persuasively about -- certainly about the need to freeze interest rates for stafford loans, for college students in america, and also spoke, i thought very convincingly, about closing a tax loophole that -- that has clearly been used to avoid -- legally, but to avoid taxes by lobbyists, consulting groups, some lawyers, all of whom are making -- using this tax loophole for -- to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars in many cases. the case of former senator john edwards and his law firm, not like most law firms but in his law firm and former speaker newt gingrich, one a democrat, one a republican, has shown the size of this loophole and how it can turn into tens of thousands of dollars. again, legally. i'm not accusing either of these gentlemen of illegal activity. only taking advantage of a loophole that we should close. but i come to the floor today more to make the case of how important these stafford loans, these su
brown: thank you, madam president. i want to join senator reed of rhode island who just spoke very persuasively about -- certainly about the need to freeze interest rates for stafford loans, for college students in america, and also spoke, i thought very convincingly, about closing a tax loophole that -- that has clearly been used to avoid -- legally, but to avoid taxes by lobbyists, consulting groups, some lawyers, all of whom are making -- using this tax loophole for -- to the tune of tens of...
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stopped working on the issues of water access including being a champion of the web water project in brown county in north central south dakota that began in 1983. the question of water was never far from jim's mind and i think it had something to do with his heritage. that certainly is true of his lyman county roots which is where the humid midwest begins to turn into the arid high plains. but also of his roots in lebanon where water is also scarce. his family's home village was founded because it was a watering hole. its name means spring or well. more specifically, it means spring of the arab. when they had enough water there, they would grow wheat like the abdnors would do in lyman county, south dakota. jim's is a story about organizing. as soon as he came home from college he started organizing republicans in lyman county and became head of the lyman county young republicans. he helped organize and founds the elks lodge in pierre in 1953. he joined every organization he could and brought as many people into community affairs and politics and civic organizations as he could as well. ji
stopped working on the issues of water access including being a champion of the web water project in brown county in north central south dakota that began in 1983. the question of water was never far from jim's mind and i think it had something to do with his heritage. that certainly is true of his lyman county roots which is where the humid midwest begins to turn into the arid high plains. but also of his roots in lebanon where water is also scarce. his family's home village was founded...